Reply #48: If Vird Flu hits at full strength, (70% mortality + highly contagious)

[Silverhair]

then it will be a Global Disaster, and Tamiflu will be of little help. To be effective, Tamiflu must be taken about within the first 24 hours of exposure. Since you won't know when that is, you will have to take it DAILY. I don't think the Swiss are making enough for any one country to have that much. And without that much, it won't do any good.

So it doesn't matter.

The best defense against the flu is compulsive hand washing. Don't bring your hand to your face for any reason without first washing it, or at least wiping you hands with an antiseptic.

Wearing a surgeon's face mask is of some help in filtering out the airborne water droplets that contain the viruses. Kleenex make a tissue with a middle layer of antiseptic. Using it inside the surgeon's mask may help. It certainly would not hurt.

I have a supply of masks, tissues, and antispetics stockpiled. Didn't cost much. If Bird Flu hits hard, the stores will be sold out of those in no time.